Cover 1 - Apollo Hospitals Dhaka

Annual Report’ 11
Ophthalmology (eye) Surgery. AHD has completed
2,640 high-end Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeries and
3,988 General Surgeries. The General & Lap Surgery
Department has successfully performed laparoscopic
removal of gallbladder in a pregnant woman for the first
time at AHD in March 2010, and performs Liver
Resection Surgery, the first of which was successfully
carried out on November 23, 2009. Two Cochlear
Implants for permanent deaf patients have been
successfully performed by ENT Department. Cochlear
implant facility is also the first of its kind among the
private hospitals in Bangladesh. ENT Department has
also successfully managed a case of subglottic stenosis
(SGS) in an eight-year-old child in June 2011.
Apollo Critical Care Units are providing Intensive Care
Unit (ICU) support with state-of-the-art specialized
personal care for critical patients, supervised by trained
ICU doctors and nurses 24 hours a day, 7 days a weeks.
Apollo's ICU support has increased to over 100 beds with
Medical ICU (MICU), Surgical ICU (SICU), High
Dependency Unit (HDU), Kidney Transplant Unit
(KTU), Neuro ICU (NICU), Coronary Care Unit (CCU),
Post CCU, Intensive CCU (ICCU), Cardiothoracic ICU
(CTICU), and Neonatal ICU.
Apollo Accident & Emergency Centre provides
multidisciplinary emergency support 24 hours a day, 7
days a week with state-of-the-art facilities and expert
trauma team, providing ventilator and life support
equipped ambulances, stroke management, life support,
cardiac support and trauma life support protocols with
emergency and triage beds, and immediate access to
diagnostic, medical and surgical specialties. Accident &
Emergency Centre has started dedicated Chest Pain
Observation Unit (CPOU) for emergency management of
patients with chest pain but at low risk of heart attack,
aiming to improve the efficiency of care of low-risk
patients without unnecessary admissions. Nine
Emergency Codes are followed within the hospital,
denoting different emergency situations for efficient
management.
Apollo Diagnostic Centre offers state-of-the-art 24-hour
diagnostic services of JCI quality, supervised and
evaluated by expert post graduate doctors in Radiology,
Nuclear Medicine, Lab Medicine, and Blood Bank. In
Lab Medicine Department, real time internal quality
control protocol for clinical biochemistry was
re-endorsed with BIORASD USA. Along with high
resolution capillary electrophoresis, newer blood tests
for parameters like vitamin D, Fructosamine, anti
mullerian hormone, Dengue NS1 antigen and
Chikungunya IgM antigen were introduced. Apollo
Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology Department has
pioneered Trans-radial Angiogram (through the wrist)
with dedicated radial lounge for the first time in
Bangladesh, which has created a new horizon in patient
care as patients can leave the hospital within 4 hours.
The Interventional Radiology team has successfully
performed percutaneous biliary metal stent placement
for the first time in August 2010 on a patient suffering
from malignant or cancerous biliary obstruction. Other
advanced interventional radiology procedures are being
performed by the expert team, which are not available in
most hospitals in the country.
Apollo Primary Care Centre provides complete
management and monitoring of your everyday health
needs with specialties like Internal Medicine,
Endocrinology & Diabetology, Gastroenterology &
Hepatology, and Respiratory Medicine. The hospital
provides modern gastrointestinal procedures like
endosocpy, colonoscopy, ERCP, etc., as well as
procedures for the lungs and respiratory tract like
Pulmonary Function Test (spirometry, lung volume,
diffusion capacity) and Bronchoscopy. Respiratory
Medicine Department also provides Bronchoprovocation
Test (BPT) for patients with breathing
difficulty.
Apollo Therapeutic Centre: AHD's super specialized
Dermatology Department is providing skin balancing
treatment to rejuvenate one's skin; its Laser Centre is
performing surgery with PDL and Multiplex as the only
centre in Bangladesh having both, and its ultramodern
Phototherapy Centre is equipped with latest PUVA and
narrow band UVB chamber. Medical Oncology
Department provides Chemotherapy for cancer patients
under skilled Consultant support. Psychiatry Department
provides medical care for depression, ADHD, anxiety
disorders, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, drug
addiction disorders, etc
Considering the demand of the rising number of
maternity patients, a dedicated mother-friendly premium
maternity ward was created in AHD Level 10 Deluxe
Cabins manned with specially trained medical and
nursing staff.
Two new Information Centres in Comilla and
Mymensingh were added to existing four, in 2011.